Christopher Buckley's books include Supreme Courtship, The White House Mess, Thank You for Smoking, Little Green Men, and Florence of Arabia. He was chief speechwriter for Vice President George H.W. Bush, and is editor-at-large of ForbesLife magazine. His new book is Losing Mum and Pup, a memoir. Buckley's Daily Beast column is the winner of an Online Journalism Award in the category of Online Commentary.
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The Wall Street Journal's Trillion-Dollar Error
In this age of big recession and big stimulus, what’s a few more zeros? MORE
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If the President's BlackBerry Goes Missing
As we plunge into the fiscal abyss, we must focus on the important things—like Oval Office product... MORE
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Carnival of the Shameless
What do Dubya, Blago, Bernie Madoff, and Roland Burris have in common? No regrets! MORE
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There Was a Young Man Named Obama
The president-elect's new poet-elect is the right woman for the job. MORE
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Remembering the Man Who Brought Jaws—and Me—to the Shelves
Tom Congdon published my first book, but he is slightly more famous for having published another... MORE
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The Old Zeitgeist Vs. the New Zeitgeist
When did 401(k) statements replace waterboarding as the primary instrument of torture? MORE
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Six Reasons to Thank Blago
How the governor's foul-mouthed phone calls have helped the nation rediscover its priorities—and... MORE
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The Nazi of the Quiet Car
Adventures with (rrrrring!... MORE
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My Brush With Obama's Top Spook
A trip aboard Air Force Two with Dennis Blair, Obama's likely pick to be Director of National... MORE
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The Buckley Cabinet
Forget State, Defense, Treasury.... MORE
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Obama's Awkward Group Photo
Bush is photographed aboard (gulp) an aircraft carrier, while Obama's staff is full genital... MORE
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Sarah Palin, the Sequel
In the wreckage of their election blowout, conservatives gather to plot Sarah Palin's next career... MORE
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How Barack Knocked the Satire Out of Me
A satirist (temporarily) loses his bite over Obama. MORE
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November Surprises
In a desperate bid to close the gap, our satire columnist says the McCain camp—whoops, unnamed... MORE
